With warm weather approaching and spring on the horizon, it is time to start dewinterizing your home. You’ll want to begin this process by first learning how to dewinterize a hose bib, also called an outdoor faucet or spigot. Why Winterize Your Faucet? Failure to…
I was talking about having to repair a sillcock the other day, and the customer asked, “What the heck is a sillcock?” Good question. Clearly, I was using a word more commonly used by plumbers than homeowners. Here’s the good news: a sillcock is nothing…
When you winterize outdoor water faucets (also called hose spigots or hose bibs) around your home, especially with a frost-free faucet, you are avoiding major headaches and expensive repair bills with one very affordable update. As the freezing cold begins creeping in around this time…
A frost-proof faucet on the exterior of your home (technically called a sillcock, it’s also known as a frost-free or freeze-proof faucet) is similar to a common outdoor faucet. What’s the difference? The outdoor frost-proof faucet has an extra-long stem (or pipe) reaching back about…
At one time or another, every homeowner has wondered how to fix a leaky hose bib. I mean, it seems every summer one of our outdoor faucets is leaking. But we usually call a plumber. Here’s how to handle it yourself if you notice a…